Politico has a fun story today about how political “candidates’ rich mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters increasingly are pouring cash into super PACs that support their loved ones’ campaign.” Beneficiaries of the cash don’t know about it—and certainly are not coordinating with supporters who may or may not have given birth to them—as campaign finance law forbids as much. (It’s good to know Citizens United vs. the F.E.C. is, however, still coordinating with its progenitors, Logical Extreme and Guaranteed Corruption.)

Politico reports: “[Florida congressional candidate Patrick] Murphy was ‘pleasantly surprised’ when he learned from FEC filings this month that his father, Tom Murphy, Jr., donated $250,000 to a super PAC called American Sunrise, which supports his campaign.” And: “[Washington congressional candidate Laura] Ruderman indicated she ‘had no idea’ that her mother was paying for attack ads until Progress for Washington, the super PAC behind the ads, filed a report this month revealing that Rothschild was the sole donor through at least the end of June.”

Parent-funded candidates will only be permitted to use their congressional seats if their G.P.A. stays above a 3.0. If parent-funded candidates are caught drinking or sneaking out after curfew, their congressional seats will be taken away from them for an entire weekend. While parent-funded candidates are responsible for cleaning and taking care of their congressional seats, this does not mean they are allowed to take their congressional seats to Senior Beach Week on the Outer Banks.